Today’s links of interest:
- Sale of Murakami manuscript raises issue of who has ownership rights
The discovery of a manuscript with an editor’s handwritten notes raises the question of who owns the manuscript — and who has the right to sell it in a secondhand store. Hint: authors license their work to publishers. - Double Lives: American Writers’ Friendships
Turns out that writers have friends just like normal people — including what we fondly call "work buddies". - Conversational Reading: Friday Column: Publicists
Scott Esposito continues the discussion about publicists and how they can do their jobs better. Okay, fine, how publicists would get better reception if they thought before contacting people. - Paperback Reader: New May Scavenger Hunt Contest
Another fun scavenger hunt (and the answers to last week’s hunt). Go forth and play. - Let’s Blog…
Key resources for understanding the network neutrality issue — and a call to action. Congress wants to vote on this quickly. For or against (and we do so hope you’re against!), educate yourself on the issue and make your voice heard (we firmly believe yo - What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years?
Hmm, is this relevant? Does this matter? Well, white man, white man, black woman, white man, white man. And that’s just the accompanying picture. - Navasky’s Advice to Indie Mags: Shake Down Paul Newman for M, Spend It on Writers
All sorts of innovative advice flowing through the Net today. Also, just a million? Man, Paul Newman’s good for more. - Norman Mailer Hobbles In From Brooklyn
As it turns out, reading is the future…and a high-profile fundraiser helps to bring the issue into the forefront.
